Accident Armstrong Whitworth Whitley Mk V Z9150,
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Date:Tuesday 30 September 1941
Time:01:09 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic whtl model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Armstrong Whitworth Whitley Mk V
Owner/operator:77 Sqn RAF
Registration: Z9150
MSN: KN-?
Fatalities:Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:near the Levensauer Hochbrücke at Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein -   Germany
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Leeming, North Yorkshire
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Takeoff at 18:05 hrs local time for an operation to Stettin (modern Poland).
The aircraft was coned by a Marine Flak searchlight, hit by Marine Flak (naval artillery) and crashed in flames.

For the crew, see Aircrew Remembered.

Sources:

Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=Z9150
Google Maps

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
8 July 1941 Z6799 77 Sqn RAF 4 a wood near Orvelte, Drenthe w/o
7 September 1941 Z6668 77 Sqn RAF 5 Quakenbrück, Niedersachsen w/o
30 November 1941 Z9299 77 Sqn RAF 4 Georgsheil, Südbrookmerland, Niedersachsen w/o
27 December 1941 Z9226 77 Sqn RAF 5 Viersen, Nordrhein-Westfalen w/o
27 December 1941 Z6956 77 Sqn RAF 1 southeast of Kempen, Nordrhein-Westfalen w/o
13 March 1942 Z9312 77 Sqn RAF 5 North Sea mis

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